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Utah CCIM chapter celebrates top commercial real estate performers at 2023 Excellence Awards

Salt Lake City—The Utah Chapter of CCIM held its annual CCIM Excellence Awards on May 6th, an event honoring professionals within Utah’s commercial real estate industry who exemplify the highest degree of business excellence. Throughout the evening, the state’s top commercial transactions were highlighted, along with the industry’s top performers spanning 16 different categories. The pinnacle of the event was the Hall of Fame award, which was bestowed upon the family-run Woodbury Corporation’s five third-generation Woodburys—Rick, Randy, Jeff, Lynn and Guy. This year’s event theme was, ‘The Next Generation of Excellence,’ so there was a heavy focus on younger, newer real estate professionals who are building their careers for the future.

“Though overall sales and leasing activity has slowed in recent months, the energy and attendance of this year’s celebration showed no indication of a slowdown. The event was a great success and provided a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the professional accomplishments of many outstanding individuals,” noted Katie Wilking, CCIM, MRED, current CCIM Utah Chapter President. “I’ve been involved in the Excellence Awards event since 2017? Now, and one thing I can tell you about professionals in the commercial real estate industry is that they’re resilient problem solvers. The last few years have been challenging, and we have some challenging months ahead of us, but I am anxious to see how the industry gets creative as it continues to find solutions for clients and keep the business moving forward.”

This year’s 2023 CCIM Excellence Awards Winners (Utah Chapter):


Hall of Fame

Rick, Randy, Jeff, Lynn and Guy Woodbury

Principals, Woodbury Corporation


Architectural Project of the Year

Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City (Portman Architects)


Architectural Firm of the Year

Architectural Nexus


General Contractor of the Year

Jacobsen Construction


General Contractor Project of the Year

Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City (Hensel Phelps)


Community Lender of the Year

Jared DeVroom (Mountain America Credit Union)


Commercial Lender of the Year

Aaron Munro (BOK Financial)


Commercial Mortgage Broker of the Year

Johnny Clawson, CCIM (Clawson Group)


Private Money Lender of the Year

Nick Etherington (Taylor Derrick Capital, LLC)


Retail Broker of the Year

Scott Brady (Mountain West Commercial)


Industrial Broker of the Year

Wick Udy (JLL)


Office Broker of the Year

Brandon Fugal (Colliers)


Multifamily Broker of the Year

Greg Barratt (Berkadia)


Investment Broker of the Year

Kip Paul (Cushman Wakefield)


Multidisciplinary Broker of the Year

Jonah Hornsby, CCIM (Align Complete Real Estate)


Specialty Broker of the Year

Jordan Farrer (Marcus & Millichap)


Rookie Broker of the Year

Nate Monson (Colliers)


Top Transactions:


Industrial Lease of the Year

Project Waverunner – Wick Udy and Culum J. Mills of JLL representing the tenant and the landlord


Retail Lease of the Year

TopGolf – Lori Coburn and Tim Simonson of Colliers International representing the tenant; Brady Davies and Cameron Simonson of Colliers International representing the landlord


Office Lease of the Year

Myriad Genetics – Nadia Letey and Scott Wilmarth of CBRE representing the tenant; Mike Richmond and Dana Baird of Cushman Wakefield representing the landlord


Industrial Sale of the Year

5600 Logistics – Tom Dischmann, Jeff Richards, Matt McAfee & Chris Liddell of CBRE representing the seller


Retail Sale of the Year

Northern Gateway – Brandon Fugal of Colliers International representing the seller


Office Sale of the Year

The Ford Building – Marty Plunkett and Melissa McIntyre of CBRE representing the seller


Multifamily Sale of the Year

Greenleaf East Village – Patrick Bodnar of CBRE representing the seller


Specialty Sale of the Year

Red Mountain Resort – Rad Dye, Tom Dischmann, Jeff Richards, Matt McAfee & Chris Liddell of CBRE representing the seller


Investment Sale of the Year

Greenleaf East Village – Patrick Bodnar of CBRE representing the seller


Land Sale of the Year

400 Acres Industrial Land – Wick Udy and Culum J. Mills of JLL representing the buyer and seller


For more information about the Excellence Awards, visit: https://www.utahccimchapter.com/excellence-awards

CCIM Utah

The Utah CCIM Chapter created the Utah CCIM Excellence Awards, now the premier gathering of business leaders in Utah, to recognize the accomplishments of outstanding men and women who exemplify the highest degree of business excellence in the commercial real estate industry. The CCIM designation, or Certified Commercial Investment Member, is a premier commercial real estate certification that requires 100+ hours of training and considerable investment. Learn more at utahccimchapter.com.